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Winner Take Nothing (1933) was Ernest Hemingway's third
collection of short stories to be published by a US publisher. It
appeared four years after his most recent book of fiction, A
Farewell to Arms (1929), and a year after his non-fiction
bullfighting treatise, Death in the Afternoon (1932).
Clearly, when it appeared, the reading public and the reviewers had
been waiting for more fiction from a man who was seen as one of the
leading writers of his day. While most of the reviews of Winner
Take Nothing were favourable, however, nearly all of the
reviewers expressed some reservations about the book.

One reason for the mixed reviews was the inclusion of some
stories that did not represent the best work …

Citation:
Fleming, Robert E.. "Winner Take Nothing". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 July 2001
[https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8813, accessed 25 May 2019.]

8813Winner Take Nothing3Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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